Syrian regime keeps drowning in blood the uprising http://bit.ly/GNhJ0l
Cairo 21/12/11
Yesterday Tahrir saw around 500 women, protected by male demonstrators, take the streets in protest with the extreme violence showed by police and armed forces in the past weeks. During a recent press conference, when question as to the use of excessive violence, a spokesperson for the army simply replied that ‘it never happened’, despite hundreds of photographs and video proved exactly the opposite. Old political tactics are surely not going to work in a country where most people are below 30 and techno savvy. My guess is that the 1 year anniversary of the revolution, falling on Jan 25, will see a dramatic showdown take place. Too many competing interests with too much too lose. A fatal combination.
Cairo 19/11/11 With only a few tents left in Tahir Square, the police has moved in to kick people out. no violence for the moment. Today B-Roll day and setting in stone contacts with fixer.
Cairo 18/11/11. Over half a million Egyptians took the streets today to protest against the military hijacking of the democratic process. The Muslim Brotherhood and the Salafis, two of the most influential islamist groups, coordinated today’s event, which did not show any signs of future escalation. With the first round of Parliamentary elections set for next week, tensions are running high. However a carefully orchestrated power struggle might also lead parties to study each other from afar and allow the democratic process to flow smoothly. For now at least.
Egypt prepares itself for parliamentary elections
Tahir Square is slowly filling up, getting ready for tomorrow’s predicted 2+ million strong protest. Discontent is pervasive as the military clings to power. If the elections don’t bring any substantial change to the political landscape and a power-sharing deal is brokered the future of this country could indeed be dark. more updates tomorrow.
Benghazi Projects on the way
With my National Trasitional Concil’s press card number of 1988 there is little doubt busloads of journalists have already swarmed through Benghazi with some of them leaving for Misurata and others moving on to other areas around the world.
Yet interesting human stories not yet covered in all their facets are springing out of people mouths and are just waiting for attentive ears and eyes.
Today I’m interviewing a man who was tortured by the Qeddafi regime prior to the Revolution. He will take me back to that building that, now charred and in ruins, is still imbued with so much pain and unwritten history.
Yesterday I followed an interesting story on women taking active part in the revolution.
Much more work on the way…
Benghazi first day
First updates from Benghazi
Raw updates from Benghazi along with Iphone stills.
Military chiefs of the Union of the Revolutionary Forces held a press conference today in Benghazi where they hinted overtly at major developments on the way in the conflict that has seen Qaddafi loyalist forces at the West in a stalemate with rebel forces in the East.
The Times of Libya announces an upcoming truce between the opposite factions and an imminent departure of Qeddafi. Although the paper hasn’t certainly achieved the same status as other similarly named papers worldwide, Al Jazeera party confirms this position on their website.
Whilst the rebel military has been known to feed media a steady dose of positive news regardless of the actual situation on the ground, most Libyan journalist seem to believe there is something different about the recent public statements..
Let’s wait and see..
Feed any questions anyone might have, happy to try and answer!!
Burma’s cross between volley ball and football
“Some photojournalists talk about being a fly on the wall when shooting. I really don’t accept that. You have to give of yourself for your subjects to give something back”. - April Saul - American Photo
Opals, roadkill, booze signs and hundreds of kilometers between towns. Venturing into the outback is a perpetual quest for the unknown. You don’t know what it looks or smell like, you just know it’s out there, somewhere. Then suddenly your tank is running low, you’re thirsty and the next town is an hour drive away. As your bike stops and your mouth becomes a desert you finally realize you just got there…
Thoughts from Lightning Ridge on marginal rural communities project.
“Generations” photograph finalist at Head On Photo Festival
One of my photographs “Generations”, part of a broader project on marginal communities in rural Australia, was picked as a finalist in the Head On Photo Festival, which had more than 2500 entries.
Winners will be announced on the opening night of the Festival in May.
“Crossing Borders” Exhibition opening 18th May
On May 18th from 6pm onwards Patrick Tombola, along with 4 other fellow photojournalists will exhibit 16 photographs as part of his “Crossing Borders” project.
From the slums of Jakarta to Australia’s rural backyard, this collection of photographs bears witness to the struggles and emotional connections of families living at the margins of society.
Whether caught in the cycle of drug addiction or welfare dependency, people have let Tombola into their own world, allowing him to provide an intimate and honest look at the subtlety and complexity of human emotion.
Without prejudice and constantly questioning stereotypes, Tombola has found intimacy and respect in unexpected places and created visual narratives that break down all borders and boundaries.
Everyone is welcome, food and drinks provided.
Trapped in large cities we often forget how animals use to play a part in our daily routines. Horse “Princess” had a foal the night before the photo was taken. A remarkable effort in the natural cycle of life and death.
